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McNees Wallace & Nurick member Donna L. Kreiser was named as a 2017 Women of Influence award winner by the Central Penn Business Journal at a ceremony on Monday.
The Women of Influence Awards honors established business leaders with proven track records of community service and business accomplishments, and who influence others through their personal...

The global law firm Jones Day has announced that David P. Bergers will join the Firm's Securities Litigation & SEC Enforcement Practice as a partner in its Boston Office. He brings nearly 25 years of industry experience — as a government regulator, corporate counsel, and practicing attorney — to Jones Day.

The Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC), a global legal association representing more than 42,000 in-house counsel employed by over 10,000 organizations in 85 countries, today announced the launch of a new third-party cyber due diligence service, Vendor Risk Service, to help law department leaders identify and mitigate risks among their organizations...

McNees Wallace & Nurick attorneys Mike Doctrow and Brian Gregg will present the webinar, “Franchising Your Business – Considerations and Legal Requirements,” for The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) on Tuesday, June 20 from 11 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.
The webinar is available free of charge to...

kCura recognizes leading global technology and eDiscovery services company FRONTEO USA as an Orange-level Relativity Best in Service Partner
FRONTEO USA, Inc. announced they have achieved kCura’s Orange-level Relativity Best in Service recognition for providing an exceptional experience to Relativity end users.

Departments Use Innovative Solutions, Data, and Technology to Overcome Top Legal Challenges and Save Time and Money
Corporate legal departments are adding legal operations functions, automating work to make time for higher-value projects, and harnessing technology to allow real-time access to metrics in order to reduce legal spend and improve department...

The Scoular Company announced today that Megan Belcher and Jeff Schreiner will join Scoular in the respective positions of General Counsel and Chief Information Officer (CIO). Schreiner joins the company May 22, while Belcher begins on June 1. Both executives will office in the company's headquarters in Omaha, Nebraska.

Wolters Kluwer Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC), which provides market leading governance, risk and compliance solutions to legal and financial professionals, has appointed Jonah Paransky to the position of Executive Vice President and General Manager of its ELM Solutions business. ELM Solutions provides enterprise software solutions that facilitate...

The Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC), a global legal association representing more than 42,000 in-house counsel in 85 countries, will host the 2017 ACC Legal Ops Conference, themed “Accelerating Innovation in Legal Services,” on June 2-4 in Chicago. This year’s conference adds a third track of concurrent programming, offers a...

Nine McCarter & English attorneys, resident in five of the firm’s offices and six of its practice groups, have been elevated to partnership. Attorneys from the Boston, Newark, East Brunswick, Wilmington and Washington, D.C. offices have become partners. The new partners practice in intellectual property, environment and energy, bankruptcy and...

iDiscovery Solutions (iDS), an award-winning legal technology consulting and expert services firm, announced today that Managing Consultant Arnold Garcia will co-present “Mobile Device Collection and Preservation” for the San Diego ESI Forum. The 60-minute, complimentary MCLE from will take place live on Thursday, April 20, at 12:00 p.m. PST at...

Walking into Sills Cummis & Gross' lobby these days you will find an amazing display... the "Empire State Chair," a life size chair made completely out of LEGOS, one of a collection of the "Chairs of Inclusion" (lead artist - Stephen W.

Pro Bono Institute (PBI) has selected the legal department of Exelon Corporation as the recipient of its 2017 Laurie D. Zelon Pro Bono Award for its pro bono efforts and leadership within the legal community to increase pro bono legal services and improve access to justice. The award was presented at PBI’s Annual Conference Reception at the...

Adé Heyliger, a Corporate partner in Weil’s Washington, D.C. office, has been selected for the 2017 Fellows Program of the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD), a national organization of the legal profession’s top general counsels and managing partners. Launched in March 2011, the Fellows Program is a comprehensive legal talent...

Weil Complex Commercial Litigation partner Yehudah Buchweitz was recently honored by Fordham Law School with its 2017 Rising Star Award in the area of Private Practice.
Started in 2012, Fordham’s Rising Star Awards recognize the extraordinary achievements of distinguished alumni who have graduated within the past 15 years – including...

Harold Hancock, who served as tax counsel for the House Ways and Means Committee for the past six years, has joined McGuireWoods as a partner in the firm’s Washington, D.C., office. He will provide strategic guidance on federal tax policy matters to clients across industries. Hancock also is a senior adviser with McGuireWoods Consulting, the firm...

FRONTEO USA, Inc. (“FRONTEO USA”), a leading provider of global eDiscovery, managed review solutions and big data analysis services utilizing artificial intelligence (“AI”) technology, announced changes to the U.S. leadership.
After successfully leading Evolve Discovery until its acquisition in July 2015 and through the integration...

Marathon Petroleum Corp. and MPLX LP, a master limited partnership, have closed a transaction in which Marathon Petroleum contributed certain terminal, pipeline and storage assets to MPLX for total consideration of $2.015 billion. Akin Gump advised the conflicts committee of MPLX’s board of directors in the transaction.